Sophia Dunkley and David Willey also spearhead rebuildKate Cross moves across Pennines to Northern Superchargers
Pakistan pace pair Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf, all-rounder David Willey and England batter Sophia Dunkley are all heading to Cardiff for this year’s Hundred as Welsh Fire rebuilt their underperforming teams at the 2023 draft.
Fire finished bottom in the men’s and women’s tournaments last year and cleared the decks during the recent retention period, retaining skeleton squads as they dominated a trolley dash that was carried live on television for the first time since the inaugural draft in 2019.
